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Mission · We enable disadvantaged rural communities in semi-arid Africa to transform their environment sustainably and improve water supplies, food production, health and incomes. · We enhance development and environmental awareness and education in the UK and worldwide. 2010 Goals Support community self-help projects: · To dig: 1,000km of terracing · To build: 300 sand dams · To plant: 1 million trees 2006-10 Strategies Enable and encourage community self-help projects in Africa to: · Improve soil and water conservation through o Terracing of land, o Building of small-scale sand dams, o Planting of trees. · Improve the water supply for people, animals, trees and crops. · Improve the quality, variety and quantity of food crops. · Increase the number of trees planted that are indigenous, medicinal and/or endangered. · Empower themselves through knowledge and experience sharing, training, workshops and exchanges. · Improve their income generating opportunities. · Address the barriers to their sustainable development including climate change, HIV/AIDS and urban migration. Enhance Development and Environmental Awareness and Education in the UK and worldwide by: · Improving development and environmental awareness with the general public both directly and through corporate and other partnerships. · Enhancing formal development and environmental education in the British Isles. · Enhancing the understanding of the linkages between the environment and development & between soil & water conservation and climate change adaptation. · Facilitating research into the social and technical models of our work. · Advocating wider scale use of sand dam technology, soil and water conservation and community self-help development.
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